Job Description

Overview

K2 is a high-growth company focused on building the largest and highest-power satellites ever flown, with significant funding and contracts in place. The Senior Solar Production Technician will be crucial in the hands-on fabrication, assembly, and testing of satellite solar array hardware.

Responsibilities

  • Assemble and build solar array blankets, including module welding, bonding, and integration of electrical hardware.
  • Perform mechanical assembly of solar array support hardware, fixtures, and sub-assemblies.
  • Operate light fabrication equipment and tools including welders, presses, cutters, crimpers, torque tools, drills, rivet guns, and custom tooling.
  • Follow detailed work instructions and manufacturing procedures, performing all work in the MES system.
  • Provide hands-on support to the module SMT line as needed, operating SMT equipment and assisting with module testing.
  • Perform functional testing of components and assemblies.
  • Provide consistent process improvement feedback to engineering and production leadership.

Requirements

  • High School Diploma or equivalent.
  • 5+ years of experience in a hands-on manufacturing environment.
  • Ability to read and follow work instructions.
  • Demonstrate high level of ownership and problem-solving abilities.
  • Able to set up and use a torque wrench and other hand tools.
  • Experience performing crimping, wire stripping, continuity testing.
  • Ability to adapt to changing work assignments under tight deadlines.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Must be able to perform repetitive tasks such as bending or twisting, grasping, standing, lifting, pulling, pushing, stooping, stretching, carrying, and use hands to operate tools or machine controls.
  • Must be able to lift and carry parts or equipment up to 50 lbs. unassisted.
  • Must be able to stand for extended periods of time.
  • Must be able to work extended hours and/or weekends as needed.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO

How this job compares in Los Angeles, CA

Pay in context

At roughly $43/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $43/hr median for welding jobs in Los Angeles, CA, whose middle half runs $35–$64/hr across 52 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 46% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. In other words it is a market-rate offer, so benefits, overtime, and shift schedule are where the real difference between this and the next posting on the list shows up.

The local market in Los Angeles, CA

We're tracking 81 other active welding openings in Los Angeles, CA right now, from 52 different employers. 33 of them were added in the last week. Across California as a whole we're tracking 565 other active welding openings from 259 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Los Angeles, or widen the search to California.

K2 Space Corporation currently has 2 other openings live in California, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in California at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are SpaceX (37), Relativity Space (21), and Honeywell Aerospace (17). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within California, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Long Beach at $49/hr, Santa Ana at $48/hr, and Los Angeles at $43/hr. Los Angeles is among them.

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Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Senior Solar Production Technician figures were last recalculated when this page was built.